New Mechanism of Quantum Oscillations in the Suprcpnducing Mixed State (Hc1<<B<<Hc2)

Abstract

We argue that inhomogeneity inherent to the presence of periodic supercurrents in the vortex lattice sorts excitations by energies into the ones that are spatially localized and those that perform motion along large Larmour orbits. This energy threshold results in a new mechanism for the de Haas-van Alphen oscillations which enhances oscillations at B<<Hc2, even for an isotropic superconductor with a constant gap. We suggest that the mechanism is of a general character and can cause the slow decay of the de Haas-van Alphen effect when the field, B, decreases below Hc2.